Chris Choi

#budget Gas Standing Charges - Given the timeline, it is unlikely to ease the high costs this winter, and the savings will be small compared with recent bill rises - Cornwall Insight

#budget Gas Standing Charges - a household using 7,000 kWh of gas a year could be about £40 better off under these changes, while a home using 14,000 kWh could be £25 worse off - Uswitch

#budget We need proper modelling and monitoring of whether a higher unit cost will deter low income households from using the amount of energy they need to stay safe - End Fuel Poverty Coalition

#budget gas standing charges will be scrapped from 2027 “or as soon as possible after” - Treasury

#budget We estimate that 86% of the poorest households will be better off with gas standing charges abolished , compared with only 24% of the wealthiest.

#budget a majority of people (61%) view standing charges as unfair - Ofgem

#budget Gas Standing Charges -threshold where policy increases bills is around 12,400 kWh, but majority of homes (64%) use less gas than that. Typical household (using only 9,500 kWh of gas) would expect to save around £27 per year under this policy.

#budget 60-64% of households will save through ending gas standing charges - between £27 and £45 a year says NESTA research organisation

CAA safety alert as many passengers put unsuitable gadgets in checked -in luggage : Power banks, phones, tablets, laptops and vapes containing lithium batteries must be carried in the cabin.

Radio 4 consumer prog “You and Yours” set to be cut “The BBC has been inundated with thousands of messages protesting the loss of this specialist consumer programme - which has changed laws and lives” @NUJofficial

Some popular M&S products in this safety alert: Greencore recalls several products due to the presence of Salmonella bit.ly/47sRge9

Very sad to see BBC is cutting the Radio 4 consumer show “You and Yours”We’ve never been more in need of consumer journalism

Diesel falls to 199.98p a litre average , but still costs around £110 to fill a typical 55-litre tank - as wholesale costs fall by at least 6p (AA)

Most vapers don’t know about the new vape tax coming in today. See @itvnews

USA reaction to our sky high diesel prices m.youtube.com/watch?v=Tvci-k…

UK diesel prices have reached a new record high, with the average price at UK forecourts rising to 200.01p per litre, according to the latest data from PetrolPrices.com.

Energy prices: The price cap is expected to rise by 16% compared to October, reaching £1,999 a year for a typical dual-fuel household in January 2027.

diesel wholesale costs didn’t hit the peak of 2022….Yet, pump-price average has topped the previous record” AA

The average price of a litre of diesel has now reached the highest level in UK history at 199.18p